bulk up

英 [bʌlk ʌp]

美 [bʌlk ʌp]

（使）加大（或加厚）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （使）加大（或加厚）
  If someone or somethingbulks uporbulks out, they become bigger or heavier.
  1. Use extra vegetables to bulk up the omelette...
     再加些蔬菜使煎蛋看上去量更大。
  2. Holyfield has bulked up to 210 pounds using weights.
     霍利菲尔德体重增到了210磅。

双语例句

• JP Morgan Chase's plan to buy Bank One highlights the desire for financial services companies to bulk up their retail banking businesses, but what does it mean for investment banking?
  摩根大通收购第一银行的计划突出表明，金融服务公司渴望扩充零售银行业务，但这对投资银行业务又意味着什么呢？
• It was at this time that the prospect of a short crop sent the prices of bulk Bordeaux up on the market-place.
  就是在这个时候可能减产的信号拉高了波尔多期酒的市场价格。
• He has bulked up some, but he needs to bulk up even more.
  他已经形长的有些壮了，但是他需要得形成更多。
• Shell, which has pursued arrow for about two years, is also developing a project in Queensland but it needs arrow to bulk up its gas reserves.
  在过去两年中一直试图收购arrow的壳牌在昆士兰也有自己的项目，但收购arrow可以使它拥有更多的煤层气储量。
• As a result, Ozgul and colleagues propose, grass has become available for more months of the year, meaning the Soay sheep do not have to bulk up as much.
  奥兹格尔及同事提出，结果绵羊在一年当中更多的月份里可以吃到青草，这就意味着索艾羊不必象以往那样吃得膘肥体壮。
• Using taxpayers 'money to bulk up abroad would be frowned on.
  将纳税人的钱用于海外扩张是不会被通过的。
• They have a scone-like consistency and as well as a popular breakfast item, they're also used to bulk up goulash meals.
  类似于烤饼并作为普遍的早餐项目，它们也被用于扩充菜炖牛肉餐。
• Even P& G felt the need to bulk up by acquiring Gillette as a counter to retailers that exerted buying power against branded goods.
  就连宝洁都觉得有必要通过收购吉列（gillette）来增强实力，以对付那些利用购买力打压品牌商品的零售商。
• In the so-called Hierarchical Model of galaxy formation, galaxies are supposed to slowly bulk up their stars over time by absorbing tiny pieces of galaxies, rather than in one big burst.
  关于星系的形成，所谓的“等级理论模型”中说：随着时间的推移，星系应该通过吸收星系中的零星物质来慢慢地扩大恒星的数目，而不是猛然间大规模地诞生。
• So if the Google service shows flu cases are rising, she says,'you could bulk up on vitamins and wash your hands more-all the necessary things you should do. '
  她说，如果谷歌服务显示她所在地区的流感案例不断上升，她就会服用更多维生素，更加频繁地洗手&总之，采取一切必要的预防措施。